Reproduction

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1. What are the advantages + disadvantages of both sexual and asexual reproduction? Sexual reproduction:
Advantage
 Disadvantage
DNA is unique; genetic diversity
 STD’s easily transmitted
Lineage able to last longer; hundreds or thousands of years
 Needs a male and a female
Large chance of evolution taking place
 No guarantee that an offspring will be born
Human-Evolution.jpg Asexual reproduction:
Advantage
 Disadvantage
Rapidly expand population
 No evolution possible
Larger guarantee for offspring to be born
 Lineages won’t usually last more than thousand years
Less steps to follow so less variables could go wrong
 Diseases and other bad qualities passed down directly from parent because DNA is a replication.

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2. Name 3 organisms that reproduce sexually and 3 that reproduce asexually.Sexual: Humans, dogs, dolphins
Asexual: Aphid, snails, amoebaScreen_shot_2011-12-01_at_10.42.48_AM.pngWebsites:
http://www.biotopics.co.uk/genes1/asexual_and_sexual_reproduction.html